SpaceX Fires a Car to Mars on World's Most Powerful Rocket

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Today's successful launch marked the maiden flight of what's now the most powerful operational rocket in the world

'Meanwhile,the second stage is continuing its trajectory towards Mars,' the SpaceX team said. 'It was an outstanding test flight of the Falcon Heavy'. The rocket can be seen above with fires blazing behind it as all 27 engines roared to life for its first ever launch today

'Meanwhile, the second stage is continuing its trajectory towards Mars,' the SpaceX team said. 'It was an outstanding test flight of the Falcon Heavy'. The rocket can be seen above with fires blazing behind it as all 27 engines roared to life for its first ever launch today

ElonMusk shared a graphic on Twitter today to illustrate the flight path of the Falcon Heavy after launch. The 70-metre- (230-foot) long rocket's central core will then detach from the main module and begin its own controlled descent back to Earth, landing on the firm's 'Of Course I Still Love You' drone ship in the Pacific Ocean